Luke 22:26

22:26 Not so with you; ¹  instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader ²  like the one who serves. ³ 

Luke 22:42

22:42 “Father, if you are willing, take ⁴  this cup ⁵  away from me. Yet not my will but yours ⁶  be done.”

[22:26]  ¹ tn Grk “But you are not thus.”

[22:26]  ² tn Or “the ruler.”

[22:26]  ³ sn And the leader like the one who serves. Leadership was not to be a matter of privilege and special status, but of service. All social status is leveled out by these remarks. Jesus himself is the prime example of the servant-leader.

[22:42]  ⁴ tn Luke’s term παρένεγκε is not as exact as the one in Matt 26:39. Luke’s means “take away” (BDAG 772 s.v. παρένεγκε 2.c) while Matthew’s means “take away without touching,” suggesting an alteration (if possible) in God’s plan. For further discussion see D. L. Bock, Luke (BECNT), 2:1759-60.

[22:42]  ⁵ sn This cup alludes to the wrath of God that Jesus would experience (in the form of suffering and death) for us. See Ps 11:6; 75:8-9; Isa 51:17, 19, 22 for this figure.

[22:42]  ⁶ sn With the statement “Not my will but yours be done” Jesus submitted fully to God’s will.